HATTERAS HI - HATTERAS ISLAND
Twenty-five miles off the coast of North Carolina, where the Gulf Stream meets the Labrador Current, lies a narrow strip of sand called Hatteras Island. Composed of dunes, dense salt marshes, freshwater swales and one of the most pristine maritime forests remaining on the East Coast, Hatteras Island is the destination for vacationers in search of fishing, camping, windsurfing, bird watching, beachcombing or total relaxation.
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"VEHICLE USE IN CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE IS NOT MOTORIZED RECREATION, IT IS MOTORIZED  ACCESS"
U.S. CONGRESSMAN  WALTER B. JONES JR. R-NC
31.5 miles of shoreline of the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore are now "off limits". because
as many as 20 of these guys could be threatened. 
Read the "Piping Plover Critical Habitat" story.

HATTERAS ISLAND INFORMATION
Hatteras street scene 1946
HATTERAS ISLANDER
Hatteras Island, North Carolina
THOUGHTS ON WATCHING A VILLAGE DIE
By Ernie Foster
"The village (Hatteras) itself is literally under assault.  A place where people lived, worked, and raised families for centuries is converted into a mass of nondescript "rental machines."
If you love Hatteras Island, as we do, you should read this editorial, it was published in the July 2002 issue of the Island Breeze.    Click here to read more